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No-Nonsense Barn Renovation in the Netherlands

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Maxwan Architects have retrofitted a clean contemporary live-work home in an old barn in Geldermalsen.

The clients had bought this old barn by the river Linge in the Netherlands.

Gigantic beams hold everything up.

Generous work tables glide sturdily on large rubber wheels.

The large kitchen and dining space are to be used as a place to entertain friends and to organize winetasting sessions for customers.

The wheels allow for the maximum flexibility when entertaing.

A contemplative space in the loft up in the rafters faces a lookout clerestory window.

No bedroom is shown… could this be a convertible living room/bedroom?

(It would be a lovely place to sleep.)

This loft is up a stairway that doubles as library bookshelving.

The stair seamlessly merges into the kitchen bench.

Yet while you are on it, it is a library.

And it all began with this.

Amazingly, before punching out the clerestory window, the original barn was quite dark and poky.